Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-08-20
State News.
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ohnahliy uOac al tdIaUOU Is At cOU-
siderably over 100000 Seven hundred tons
of starch and eighteen million shingles are
manufactured yearly, bringing to our pros
porous village about SOS, 900. Moody {
Prescotts carriage turns out about SIS, 900
worth of work every year. The saw mills
manufacture nearly $4,000 worth of laths,
clapboards, etc., and the new Machine Shop
and Foundry, it is estimated, will do a So, 900
business the first year. Besides the above,
there are several small manufacturing estab-
lishments. the product of which will foot up
good-sized smount.-Repu5iiean.
FRANKLIN.
NEW SHARoS.-Our correspondent writes
Aug. 10: Mrs. James Howes sold at auction
her household furniture, and will soon leave
town for sojourn 10 New Mexico for the
winter. Her husbands sister, Mrs Rebecca
Harvey, resides there. Another sister, Mercy,
lives in Washington Territory NJ w.
LoveJoy has been engaged as principal of the
High School, with lady from Bates College
as assistant.-R. Y. Swift, who has been an
efficient collector of taxes for several years,
wishing TO close up for while, has arranged
with L. A. Dyer to collect in his stead, the
present years. Paine lost a cool mare
from some disease unknown. She had a colt
six weeks old, and was all right Saturday.
Monday she was dead Joshua K Dyer has
just sold flock of SO sheep and lambs for
slS9, three dollars apiece right through. The
wool was taken off in April.-The Methodist
Sunday school joined with Beams corner
neighborhood enjoyed picnic on the old
con nut island" Tuesday the 18th. A beau
tiful day ard a beautiful place. A few were
present from Mercer-Mrs Daniel Wood and
two daughters, Will Drew and family, Mrs.
Eishar nd ntb Ma
ton, her daughters had eacn reciIal f,
Next Tu, sday the South Franklin STIR
school conference holds session with III,
Congre gationalist Sunday school at New
Sharon Del French shot a large crane in
the swamp near John Fletcher's Geo. Ham
mons shot an eagle recently.-Messrs. Fred
and Daniel Swan are removing from the farm
they lately sold to B. c. Bailey, up 10 the
village into the II Z Dyer house
n. E. Ranger, Esq of Aodover, has cen
IN Philips this week, trylng TO make ar
rangems nts to organize the Veneering Man
ufacuring Co. The citizens are raising
money TO pay the expense Of having the
machinery tested, and should the work prove
satisfactory and what the owner claims there
is no doubt but what such a stock company
could make money.
Oliver Morrill,, of Pennington Falls, EN-
ployed on the KnowIton & McLeary building
met with serious accident Friday, the 18th.
He was running planer in Gould's mill, get,
ting out finish, and in some way got his right
hand on TO the knives, so that the next to the
little finger WAS cut to pieces and had to be
amputated at the second joint, and the second
finger was also badly cut.
The Chronicle announces that next week it
expects to be located in its commodous office,
In the new Knowlton McLesry building on
Main street, Pennington, and will issue the
next paper from there. When the building
Is fully completed and everything running
smoothly it proposes TO extend an invitation
to the people to come in and inspect the
building from basement TO attic. also witness
the workings of the machinery, printing
presses, etc, when in full operation. Sue
cess to the Chronicle.
The Pennington Chronicle reports Napo
leon Marcue was brought before Judge
Chandler, Saturday, charge d with committing
an assault upon Joseph Gsrcelon. The com
plant was made by Mrs. Aiken Pomeroy, in
whose house the assault was committed.
G4rcelon was summoned but could not be
found at the trial. The judge fined Marcue
So and costs, amounting in all to Sl3 80,
which he paid aud was discharged. Marcue
then turned about and got out a warrant
selling, or delivering, a pint of alcohol to a
Frenchman named Turcot She was brought
before Judge Chandler Monday afternoon,
found guilty, and sentenced to pay fine of
$50 and thirty days in Jail. Mrs. Pomeroy
appealed and gave bonds in $50 for her sp.
pearance.
kENNEBEC.
The Catholics of Wsterville, will hold in
tha fut fa;r tbo 4.
go towards the erection of High Altar.
The St. John the Baptist Society has already
contributed the generous sum f $4,000
dollars towards purchasing artIci be
drawn at the fair. There will meeting
of the committee Sunday. Tie tables al
ready allotted are a fancy table under the
charge of French ladies and one in charge
of the Irish ladies connected with the
church. There is living at present in Water
vile \ gentleman 10 years of age, and fine
looking specimen of manhood he is to-day,
who never drank cup of tea in his life,
never used tobacco in any form never drank
or bought glass of any kind of liquor, and
never took the name of his God in vain. If
there were more in the coming generation
who followed his example, undoubtedly there
would be no cause for the complaint often
heard of the alarming decrease in America
muscle, slnew, ana nealtn. Another quite
ntesestipg fact is that the gentleman, al
though well and hearty, and doing his days
work on the farm with the best, has never
passed night outside of his own home for
fifteen years This indeed seems an odd
circumstance. Sentinel.
SAGADAHoC.
Henry Jackson. who was committed to
Wiscssset jail July 20 to await the action OF
the grand jury for an alleged indecent assault
upon two children of the Orphans Home, has
been liberated. no Indictment having been
found against him BY the grand jury.
WASHINGTON.
Monday evenin. the l5th, while John
Mor0ng was moving boat from Parker &
Pixies wharf at Lubec, where the boats
freight had been discharged TO the breakwater
he was drawn overheard by boat hook which
he had hold Of and by means of which he was
trying to pull the boat along. The body vas
found by graphing for il, aud the time in
which il had been under water was vari0usiy
e,timated to be from 10 to 80 minutes. Two
physicians were IN attendance and every eff
fort made to restore cG1-
sciousues but without success. Mr.
Morong about 81 years of age. son #
Frederic Morong. young man of fine prom
sad accident as sincerely mourned by friends
and scquaintances.
We understand. says the Calais Times,
some one went into VIM Slsyton's nursery
and destroyed about a hundred of his best